Herb Riddle's photos

RuraL Wales as seen from near Anelog on the Llŷn Peninsula. As can be seen, this is sheep country. We are looking north here towards the small mountain of Yr Eifel. Yr Eifl is a group of mountains on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It has three summits, each quite separate from the others, and this is often supposed to be the source of the incorrect English name The Rivals. - The view of Yr Eifl is especially striking from the SW coast of Anglesey, for instance from Ynys Llanddwyn. The OS Maps show a height of 561 metres. (WiKi)

The coastal path south from Whistling Sands takes us on to Anelog. Maybe not a mountain......but still a very nice walk indeed. PiP

Not far from the village of Tudweiliog on the Llŷn Peninsula sits the small cove of Porth Y Cychod with its fishing boats and drying nets, On the side of the hill overlooking this cove sits this very interesting small house-like building. I liked the green curving path to this. Enjoy too my artistic take of the same house and wider rock as a PiP.

An unusual scene of a log caught in this rock on the sandy bay of Whistling Sands near Aberdaron, Wales. Best viewed full screen.

Parks are a great place for fences; they are everywhere, to stop people walking over the lawns, flowers or into the ponds and rivers. Here we see just a tiny part of Krakow’s beautiful ‘Planty’ linear park, walked by millions. For me of course, a lover of fine reflections, the trees make it. I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb ps best full screen

One of the most beautiful scenes in the British Isles. Believe me, it was even more beautiful walking around here with these views and only the sound of sea birds for company. Inspired after seeing a recent photo in a fellow Ipernity collection by John Goodwin: www.ipernity.com/doc/2248118/47020146 I thought I would bring out an old Panoramio-like photo of mine when I was walking around these parts. Hope you think it was worth it! Enjoy full screen. SEE PIP for my other shot.

A warm day takes me on now a rare outing to this wonderful Lancashire town and its River Ribble walk. Here we are at the start of our five mile round walk along both sides of this splendid river, seen here in drought conditions with my new Tokina 11-16mm. The bridge is the very old Edisford Bridge. About Edisford Bridge, Clitheroe Edisford Bridge incorporates the structure of a five arched bridge possibly dating from 1339, when a grant of pontage was made. Today the bridge has nine spans and is considerably wider than the original. It is thought that a timber bridge had been constructed on the same spot before that date. Edisford - "the nobleman's ford" or Anglo-Saxon nobleman - was the scene of an 1139 battle, where King David of Scotland's army fought and defeated the less numerous Lancastrians. The 1339 bridge was 2.44m wide, later widened by 3.65m on the downstream side. It had pointed cutwaters. Its arches were Gothic in shape and each had three ribs. These can still be seen under the main arch. The four arches to the east (nearest Clitheroe) span the river, the others are over the meadow. The first is a squared Gothic ribbed arch made of sandstone. It spans 7.5m and rises 2.6m. The second span is the largest. It is a segmental circular arch, measuring 17.95m across and rising 4.2m. The next two arches are Gothic and ribbed, spanning 7.6m and 7.7m, and rising 2.47m and 2.56m. The following five spans are over land. Starting at the river, they measure 7.8m, 4.3m, 3m, 3m and 2.9m. Their rises are 1.85m, 1.7m, 1.4m, 1.2m and one metre. All are segmental circular arches. The bridge is located about a mile west of Clitheroe Castle and is the subject of a noted painting by Turner. www.transporttrust.com/heritage

In our house, we like a good calendar and because we both like travel and landscapes we see a lot of calendar photos very similar to this one. Taken on the lakeside of Windermere in our Lake District. We could call this ‘July’ I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb PiPs

Wandern in den hohen Bergen der Tatra kann voller Träume sein. Genießen Sie diesen Spaziergang mit mir hier. Viele Grüße, Herbert Mist & Dreams: Walking in the high Tatra mountains can be full of dreams. Enjoy this little hike with me here. Cheers, Herb

A Winter's walk brings me to this favourite photo spot in perfect reflective weather. Enjoy

Conscious of not having as many photos of my favourite reservoir on here, I thought I would try to amend that: My local walking area in almost perfect reflective weather.

From the Tatra mountain resort of Zakopane, a cable car carries you quickly to the top of this mountain at 1987m (6519ft). As can bee seen here, the weather can be rather mountainous. I only managed a glimpse of these peaks for minutes between heavy mist, rain and cloud. Unfortunately our heavy schedule did not allow me to spend more than an hour or so up here. Although stood in Poland here, we are looking across to Slovakia. ps deserves full screen view.

We have had our restaurant dinner only to find ourselves confronted by heavy rain. Taxis seem rare at this time of night here and so its a fast walk back along these roads back to our hotel. Of course I cannot stop myself trying to catch the marvellous reflections in these cobblestones and tram-tracks, even though I only have my trusty little Canon pocket camera with me. - Just in case...

Taken in the beautiful Polish mountain resort of Zakopane. I spotted this fence and shadows whist listening to a lecture on rock formations by our guide. Being the person I am, I was more interested in capturing this for the next HFF despite withering (but maybe jealous) looks from other members of our party! I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb

This splendid castle is actually a Victorian neo-gothic building, built in 1840 for a retired Liverpudlian surgeon, James Dawson. This was purchased for the National Trust in 1926 and was made famous by the fact that Beatrix Potter spent a summer holiday there when she was 16 in 1882. Set in beautiful grounds on the high shores of Lake Windermere. More info: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wray-castle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wray_Castle

This castle just above Kendal in our Lake District is interesting enough, but with an evening sunset sky like this, well it is what we photographers long for. Enjoy full screen.

It is actually a view from just above the North West banks of our Lake Windermere near Wray Castle. The mountain crags are, I believe the Langdale Pikes. Now where are those cow-bells...

From the Rybi Potok Valley looking from Poland towards to Slovakia showing the beauty of light in these high mountain ranges. PiP